Greyfriars Parish Church, Lanark

Monday, 12 July 2010 23:07

Disney_Pylon Well, last week we were on vacation and this week it continues. As part of our study leave in the states we planned a 2 week break to Orlando to visit the mouse.

So far we have been to all of the parks and the girls are now picking what rides they want to go back to and do again! They have had a ball getting autographs from all the characters and trying new things as they go on the rides.

Disney is like nothing you ever truly imagine unless you have been. It is an experience where everything is controlled - the way the streets are cleaned, the commentary on the rides, the fireworks at the end of the show, even a pylon on the way out is shaped like Mickey Mouse. It is a well ...

... oiled machine that continually changes and develops to give people the best experience Disney can muster.

The church could learn a lot from Disney. Leonard Sweet once said that the church, and its worship, had to be EPIC - experiential, participatory, image rich and connected to life and others. Disney is an EPIC experience and our churches should work towards that to. Not just sitting passively week in week out but thinking about how our faith can be an EPIC faith and change us, the church and the world. How can we make Greyfriars more of an EPIC experience for people? The question for 2010??

In the meantime here are some photos from our trip last week. More Disney this week!